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IBM worries iPhone's Siri has loose lips

  If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant. Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks. If your wondering why its because Siri ships everything to her to a big data center in Maiden, North Carolina.  The story of what really happens to all of your Siri-launched searches, e-mail messages and inappropriate jokes is a bit of a black box. 

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Bing fires at Google with new social search

Microsoft is launching a major overhaul of its also-ran search engine Bing on Thursday, aiming at a weakness it sees in market leader Google.The most prominent new element in Bing's redesign is "Sidebar," a social search feature that scours users' social networks to surface information relevant to their search queries.Like Google, Bing's Sidebar will display posts from people in your social networks who have recently discussed a topic related to what you just searched for. A search for "San Francisco restaurants" will return posts from your friends talking about good eats in the city.

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New iPhone to get supermodel look -- no curves -- report says

The new report from iLounge said that the sixth generation iPhone will launch with a taller 4 inch screen, metal black, remade dock connector ,and new aspect ratio. The iPhone getting longer with no shift in width would mean a change in the aspect ratio . Instead of the "teardrop" shape that has been written about, this report said that Apple will stick with a glass-bodied design made partially of thinner, stronger Gorilla Glass 2. ILounge is saying that this will add pixels to the top and bottom of the screen.  This could really affect third-party software. 

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Apple responds to iPad battery concerns

When your iPad says its 100% fully charged it actually might not be. IPad users have been very concerned because they have been hoping to get the most out of their iPads battery. When the Apple device says its 100% fully charged , it actually releases a small percentage of the charge, then charges back up, repeating this process until you unplug it. Apple says that when it reaches to this point you are guaranteed 10 hours at least of  battery life.

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Poll: Google more popular than Apple, Facebook

America's top technology companies have approval ratings that most politicians can only dream of, according to a new poll. 82% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Google, and 53% have strongly favorable thoughts about the Web titan. Google has expanded  its empire in the past few years, adding its Android mobile operating system and Google Plus networking site to already popular features like Google Maps and Gmail.Only 9% of the people who responded  to the poll, conducted from March 28-April 1, held an unfavorable view of Google, while 10% had no opinion. This pole was made by landline and cellphone 

among a random national sample of 1,007 U.S. adults.

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Half of U.S.households own at least one Apple product

Apple has taken a firm route in America.  Just over half of all household  in the United states own at least one Apple product. A  new survey says just how far the reach of the Apple company has come in the last decade.When the 21st century was approaching , Apple was in rough shape. It had avoided bankruptcy, and Steve Jobs' return as CEO was turning the Apple company around.Of the households that own Apple products, they own about three, making the overall ownership rate of the American public 1.6 Apple products per household. In the next year about 25% plan to buy another apple product.

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